Bing & Boing

Listening

* Have the students close their eyes while you make a pattern. Get them to make the noise of the next item in the pattern.

* Use different instruments to make a pattern (e.g. drum, whistle, drum, whistle.....) and have the students copy them to extend the pattern.

Mathematics

* There are many commercial products around that are great for creating patterns with colours, shapes or size. I try to keep to one element (e.g. colour only) and a pattern of only 2 or 3 steps, however you may like to make a more complicated pattern.

* If you don't have commercial products to use, everyday items work just as well, if not better. Toy cars, coloured pegs or beads, etc. are usually readily available.

Fine Motor

* Use beads (or coloured pasta) to thread a pattern on to a chord or string.

* Make some stamps out of potatoes or sponges and create a masterpiece using patterns of shape or colour.

Gross Motor

* Line Dancing - you can make a short pattern of simple moves, e.g. jump forward, clap, jump back, clap.

* Go over an obstacle course a few times.

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